Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-05
THE TEACHER ANXIOUS.

This went on for some weeks, until finally
| l became so pale and weak that my teacher
noticed the change and asked ME about it. /
| told him how it was and he said that must
| go home ct once and order some proper food.
Well at last | screwed up my courage, and
one day said to the servant that had to
| sing at q concert that night and wished her
| to cook me q sbeefSteak and bring it to my
| room. The old woman happened to be out
at the time, and so | succeeded in getting the
steak, and assure you | ate it ravenously.
| Then I started off for the concert, congratu-
lating myself on having managed the thing
| so we'll However, l had no sooner entered
| the house than the old woman came bobbling
up to me, seized me by the arm, forced me
| into corner aud commenced abusing and in
sulting me in the most abominable way.
was so terrified that I forgot my tmidity and
managed in some way TO tear myself from
her and TO rush to my room. where / bolted
| the door, and then sank down on the floor in
Mysteries. Finally grew calmer and began
to think OF what had better do. 1t was al
| ready past midnight, but l commenced pack
ing my things at once, resolved to leave
| the house at aybreali
CAT about 5 o'clock in the morning l fell
asleep from sheer exhaustion, and | dreamed
that l saw the old bag standing by the stove
in the kitchen, making some TED. | followed
each one of her movements, and at last saw
her fill o cup from the tea pot, and carry this
in her hand to the cupboard. There she
reached up to high shelf and took down a
bottle marked poison from which she poured
few drops into the cup. Then she put the
bottle away carefully, and came up stairs to
a., toa I-pro,-o1 ar
the door.
AWoKE WITH i FRIGHT.
cat this point l awol,e with an awful
fright, and at once looked at my clock; it was
Just and the day was breaking. l arose,
bathed my face and was about to resume my
packing, when there came knock at my
door. | asked who was there, and high,
piercing voice, which / recognized only too
well, replied: 1t is I, my dear. / have
brought you a cup of tea; open the door, 1t
is needless to say that l did not do it. She
continued knocking, and begged me to let her
in, but, Of course, refused. Then she threat
ened me, and poured forth the foulest Ian
guage | have ever heard, and at last she came
back to persuasion, saying, and can
never forget the words: L am here on my
knees like dog, and l implore you only
to taste this tea which l have for you
"You can imagine what state was in by
this time. / was perfectly desperate, and
after waiting for two or three hours listening
and hardly daring to breathe, / cautiously
opened my door and made a rush for the
street There were three flights of stairs to
descend and at the bottom of the second one
l met the old woman, glazing at me like
fiend. I don't know how | ever did it, but in
some way was given the strength to push
her out OF my way, and | escaped, leaving
her stretched at full length on the floor"
"And what happened after thatl" l asked.
"Oh, simply got an officer TO go there and
carry off my things. OF course had no in
teres5 in putting the woman il Il prison or
anything Of that sort; but don't you call that
a case Of supernatural warning!" I'm tone of
triumph).
We were obliged to confess that there was
something very strange about it.
"Well, when you como TO SEQ us again."
said Nine Nevada, rs l rose to go, Il will
tell you another story even more wonderful
than this one"
l withdrew, firm in the resolution to hear
that other story, at no distant date, if only
for the sake of meeting once more the de-
lightful story teller.-Cleveland l.. Moffett in
New York Mail and Express.